How I’ll teach you

I teach the following topics: Quaternary environments, Holocene climate change, volcanoes, geomorphological and sedimentological processes, academic skills, research design and techniques.  In various units, I'll help you develop your knowledge and understanding of physical geography by hands-on practical experience in laboratories and on field trips, and by outlining theoretical aspects during large and small group teaching. I'm the personal tutor of a small group of students each year and I guide them throughout their time at Manchester Metropolitan University.  I supervise Final Year students undertaking a project in any of the topics listed earlier. We have one-to-one meetings throughout term 3 of second year and all of third year to help develop and hone independent research skills. 

Academic and professional qualifications

BA(Hons) Geography St Hilda's College, Oxford University;

PhD, Edinburgh;

PGCE in FAHE, Manchester Metropolitan University

Other academic service (administration and management)

Head of Division (Geography and Environmental Management) in the School of Science and the Environment

Why study Physical Geography?

Undergraduate courses

BSc(Hons) Geography; BSc(Hons) Physical Geography; BSc(Hons) Environmental Science.  Units include: 6F4Z3005G Tutorials and Field Activities (Geography), 6F5Z3005 Climate and Climate Change, 6F5Z3008G Fieldwork and Research Design (Geography), 6F6Z3001 Project, 6F6Z3017 Volcanoes and Applied Environmental Reconstruction

External examiner roles

External Examiner for BSc(Hons) Geography at the University of the West of England

Research expertise

Geochronology, Holocene environmental change, tephrochronology and tephrochronological applications

Expert reviewer for journals and publishers

Referee/reviewer - Quaternary Science Reviews, Journal of Quaternary Science, Boreas, Journal of Paleolimnology, Bioscience Education.

Referee - NERC Grants

Membership of professional associations

Member - Quaternary Research Association